It's been a tough two years for wide receiver Keenan Allen. Allen played one half of football in 2016 and spent the rest of the year rehabbing a torn ACL. He also missed half of the 2015 season with a freak kidney injury, which was crippling to many fantasy owners as he was on pace for monster totals of over 130 catches, 1,400 yards and 8 TDs.
Reports indicate that Allen is progressing well and should be fully ready for the regular season, if not the preseason, which should be music to the ears of Philip Rivers. Allen will likely be Rivers' most trusted target out wide as the duo has built solid chemistry over the last four years. There are concerns that Allen might concede some red zone looks to rookie Mike Williams, but Allen himself is the type of receiver who can produce quality fantasy numbers on a week-to-week basis even if he doesn't get into the end zone. Touchdown potential is a major concern for all pass catchers in this offense due to the physical size of the receivers and the quality of tight ends on the roster, but Allen is easily the safest of the bunch even with his recent injury history.

Keenan Allen flashing pre-injury formQB: "Looks as good as he did before he got hurt"By: Doug Orth | Thu Jul 20, 7:20 pm

Keenan Allen, who also missed eight games with a lacerated kidney in 2015, was working on the field with the team during OTAs this spring and Rivers said he doesn’t think anyone will notice a difference in the wideout’s play.
“I really think he looks as good as he did before he got hurt,” Rivers said on The Rich Eisen Show. (Pro Football Talk)

FFToday's Take:Owners shouldn't expect to hear anything different from Rivers regarding Allen. Each ACL rehab is its own separate case and Allen theoretically should be in good shape for the season opener considering his ACL tear happened in Week 1 last year. With that said, most ACL patients struggle to gain trust in their knee until the second year, which was the case with Kelvin Benjamin last year. He should be treated as a high-risk, high-reward WR2 in fantasy in 2017.

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